Cuspidor.



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OUSPIDOR.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 5, 1913.

1, 1 1 1,544. Patented Sept. 22, 1914.

WITNESSES THE NOIRIS PETERS CO. PHOTO LITHDU WASHINGTON. D C- whereinfication, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

'vide a cuspidor consisting of comparatively few parts that can beeasily cleaned and VALENTINE LAIOK, 0F

TYRE, PENNSYLVA IA,

CUSPIDOR.

1,111,544.- 1 Application filed August 5,

and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Cuspidors, of which the following is a speci- Thisinvention relates to cuspidors, and the objects of my invention, are,first, to provide a cuspidor with simple and effective means forpreventing the contents thereof from being spilled when the cuspidor istilted or accidentally upset; second, to promaintained in a sanitarycondition; third, to provide a cuspidorthat can be advantageously usedin hotels, theaters, depots and other public places where floors andcarpets are liable to be injured by the upsetting of a cuspidor, andfourth,toprovide a cuspidor that is simple in construction, susceptibleto any desired ornamentation, and highly eflicient for the purposes forwhich 1 it is in tended. i

I attain the above objects by a mechanical constructon that will behereinafter specifically described and then claimed, and ref-' erencewill now be had to the drawing,

Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view of a cuspidor in accordance withthis invention, and Fig. 2 is a plan of a portion of the cuspidor.

A cuspidor in accordance with this invention comprises two cylindricalsections 1 and 2, the section 1 having a flat bottom 3 provided with acentral hollow conical-shaped support 4 for a detachable conical-shapeddeflector 5 of less diameter than the section 1. The deflector 5 hasashell 6 that fits over the upper end of the support 4, whereby thedeflector can be easily removed and the section 1 thoroughly cleaned andmaintained in a sanitary condition. The section 1 has the lower edgesthereof provided with diametri cally opposed and outwardly extendinglugs 7 that are provided with seats 8. Theupper edges of the section 1have a circumferen- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept 22, 1914.

1913; Serial No..783,154.

tially arranged socket 9 that is U-shaped in cross section and locatedwithin said socket is a gasket 10, preferably made of rubber or otherresilient material. The gasket 10 is U-shaped in cross section andreceives the lower edges of the section 2.

The top of the section 2 is closed, as at 11 and provided with a centraldepending funnel-shaped mouth piece 12, the lower end of which extendsinto a plane with the lower edges of said section. The lower or innerend of said mouth piece has an inverted conical-shaped deflector 13 thatis formed integral with said mouth piece, said inverted deflectorcooperating with the deflector 5 in preventin the contents of thecuspidor from entering the mouth piece 12, when the cuspidor is upset;The upper edges of the section 2, at diametrically opposed points hasapertured lugs 14: and extending through said lugs aretie rods 15 havingheads 16 engagingin the seats 8 of the lugs 7. Nuts 17 PATENT ornIoE.

are screwed upon the upper ends of said tie rods, whereby the sections 1and 2 can be locked together to insure a non-leakable connection betweensaid sections and provide a receptacle for spittle and other matter. Itis through the medium of the tie rods that the sections of the cuspidorcan be separated and thoroughly cleaned and maintained in a sanitarycondition, and it is through the me dium of the'deflectors 13 and 5 thatthe contents of the cuspidor cannot be spilled should the same beaccidentally upset or tilted.

One embodiment of the invention has been illustrated but it is to beunderstood that the structural elements are susceptible to suchvariations and modifications as fall within the scope of the appendedclaims.

What I claim is 1. A cuspidor comprising a cylindrical body portionformed of an upper and lower section, said lower section having its topedge provided with a socket for the reception of said upper section,each of said sections provided with a pair of apertured lugs, said lowersection being closed at its bottom and said upper section open, tie barsextending through said lugs and having heads at their lower endscountersunk in the lugs of said lower section, and handles mountedCopies of this patent maybe obtained. for

upon the uppervends of said tie bars'and engaging the'lugs of the uppersection.

In testimony whereof I aifix my signature in thepresence ofitwoWitnesses.

VALENTINE LAIGK. Y

upon said tie bars and engaging the lugs of the upper section.

2. A cuspidor comprising a body portion formed of a pair of abuttingcylindrical sections, each of said sections provided with aperturedlugs, tie bars extending through said lugs and having heads set in thelugs of the lower section and handles mounted Witnesses:

' ANNA LAICK,

MAX H. SROLOVITZ.

five cents each,-by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. 0.

